The effect of oil sands tailings pond sediments on embryo-larval walleye ( Sander vitreus )

Raine, Jason C.; Turcotte, Dominique; Tumber, Vijay; Peru, Kerry M.; Wang, Z.; Yang, Chun; Headley, John V.; Parrott, Joanne L.

doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2017.06.038

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“…Oils sands tailings pond sediments were stored at 4 °C in the dark (in food-grade polyethylene bags inside plastic pails with lids) until fish exposures began. Subsamples of sediment were analyzed for PAHs, alkyl PAHs, and naphthenic acids in May 2010, as described previously (Raine et al., 2017). One week prior to the fathead minnow embryo-larval exposures, aliquots of wet sediment (1 g, 0.2 g, and 0.04 g) were weighed into individual scintillation vials and kept in the freezer.…”

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“…Sediment controls are necessary when sediment loading to beakers is high (e.g. 35 g sediment/L) (Prosser et al., 2017), however we have previously shown that reference river sediments in the oil sands area had no effects on fathead minnow survival at 25 g/L (Raine et al., 2017). In the present exposures of oil sands tailings pond sediments, we did not utilize a reference sediment, as sediment loading was very low (up to 1 g sediment/L).…”

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“…The toxicity of oil sands two tailings pond sediments has been assessed in embryo-larval walleye ( Sander vitreus ) and northern pike ( Esox lucius ) (Raine et al. 2017, 2018).…”

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Chronic toxicity of oil sands tailings pond sediments to early life stages of fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas)

Parrott

Raine

McMaster

et al. 2019

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In this study fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) embryo-larval stages were exposed to two oil sands tailings pond sediments which had previously been shown to decrease the survival of embryo-larval larval stages of walleye (Sander vitreus) and northern pike (Esox lucius). Fathead minnow are standard test species and we wanted to compare their sensitivity to the other two species. Fathead minnow larvae were exposed for 20 days (5 days in the egg stage and 15 days in the larval stage) with daily renewal of sediments and waters. Sediments contained polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and alkylated PAHs (APAHs). Results from an earlier study showed that Sediment 1 contained 173 μg/g total PAHs + APAHs (97 % alkylated), and sediment 2 contained 401 μg/g total PAHs + APAHs (95 % alkylated). Fathead minnow larvae exposed to oil sands tailings pond sediments had decreased survival, decreased weight, and increased deformities. Fathead minnow survival was unaffected at the embryo stage and at hatch. Most deaths occurred at the larval stages 1–8 days after hatching, showing the importance of exposing the fish for at least a week after hatch. Toxicity was seen at 0.2 g/L of sediment, which was equivalent to the addition of 35 and 80 μg total PAHs + APAHs to 1 L of overlying water for sediment 1 and 2, respectively. When compared to embryo-larval northern pike and walleye results from previous studies, all three species of fish responded more strongly to sediment 2 compared to sediment 1. For effects on lethality, fathead minnow were equally sensitive to pike, but walleye were 5–28 times more sensitive to the lethal effects of the sediments compared to both fathead minnow and pike. The study (and comparisons to our previous studies) shows the difference in sensitivity between a model laboratory species (fathead minnow) and some species of wild fish that are highly relevant to the oil sands area of Alberta.

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Chronic toxicity of oil sands tailings pond sediments to early life stages of fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas)

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Raine

McMaster

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“…They originate from petrogenic or pyrogenic sources, and they enter the waters via atmospheric deposition, oil accidents, municipal and industrial effluents, and urban runoff. Individual PAHs as well as PAH mixtures (such as oil) affect the development and function of the heart in several fish species (Billiard et al 1999;Incardona et al 2004Incardona et al , 2006Incardona et al , 2009Incardona et al , 2011Incardona et al , 2014Dubansky et al 2013;Brette et al 2017;Raine et al 2017).…”

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Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Phenanthrene and Retene Modify the Action Potential via Multiple Ion Currents in Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss Cardiac Myocytes

Vehniäinen

Haverinen

Vornanen

2019

Enviro Toxic and Chemistry

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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous contaminants in aqueous environments. They affect cardiovascular development and function in fishes. The 3‐ring PAH phenanthrene has recently been shown to impair cardiac excitation–contraction coupling by inhibiting Ca2+ and K+ currents in marine warm‐water scombrid fishes. To see if similar events take place in a boreal freshwater fish, we studied whether the PAHs phenanthrene and retene (an alkylated phenanthrene) modify the action potential (AP) via effects on Na+ (INa), Ca2+ (ICaL), or K+ (IKr, IK1) currents in the ventricular myocytes of the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) heart. Electrophysiological characteristics of myocytes were measured using whole‐cell patch clamp. Micromolar concentrations of phenanthrene and retene modified the shape of the ventricular AP, and retene profoundly shortened the AP at low micromolar concentrations. Both PAHs increased INa and reduced ICaL and IKr, but retene was more potent. Neither of the PAHs had an effect on IK1. Our results show that phenanthrene and retene affect cardiac function in rainbow trout by a mechanism that involves multiple cardiac ion channels, and the final outcome of these changes (shortening of AP) is opposite to that observed in scombrid fishes (prolongation of AP). The results also show that retene and aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) agonist have an additional mechanism of toxicity besides the previously known AhR‐mediated, transcription‐dependent one. Environ Toxicol Chem 2019;38:2145–2153. © 2019 SETAC.

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“…Toxicity tests using early life stages of fish are already extensively used for regulatory purposes [36,37] and have proven useful for predicting long-term consequences on organisms [38,39]. Besides the use of fish early life stages for chemical screening of single compounds, this approach could potentially be used for assessing the effects of complex (environmental) mixtures or employed for monitoring water quality [13,[40][41][42][43].…”

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Sand Goby—An Ecologically Relevant Species for Behavioural Ecotoxicology

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Ašmonaitė

Birgersson

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Locomotion-based behavioural endpoints have been suggested as suitable sublethal endpoints for human and environmental hazard assessment, as well as for biomonitoring applications. Larval stages of the sand goby (Pomatoschistus minutus) possess a number of attractive qualities for experimental testing that make it a promising species in behavioural ecotoxicology. Here, we present a study aimed at developing a toolkit for using the sand goby as novel species for ecotoxicological studies and using locomotion as an alternative endpoint in toxicity testing. Exposure to three contaminants (copper (Cu), di-butyl phthalate (DBP) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) was tested in the early life stages of the sand goby and the locomotion patterns of the larvae were quantified using an automatic tracking system. In a photo-motor test, sand goby larvae displayed substantially higher activity in light than in dark cycles. Furthermore, all tested compounds exerted behavioural alterations, such as hypo-and hyperactivity. Our experimental results show that sand goby larvae produce robust and quantifiable locomotive responses, which could be used within an ecotoxicological context for assessing the behavioural toxicity of environmental pollutants, with particular relevance in the Nordic region. This study thus suggests that sand goby larvae have potential as an environmentally relevant species for behavioural ecotoxicology, and as such offer an alternative to standard model species.

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The effect of oil sands tailings pond sediments on embryo-larval walleye ( Sander vitreus )

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Chronic toxicity of oil sands tailings pond sediments to early life stages of fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas)

Chronic toxicity of oil sands tailings pond sediments to early life stages of fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas)

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Phenanthrene and Retene Modify the Action Potential via Multiple Ion Currents in Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss Cardiac Myocytes

Sand Goby—An Ecologically Relevant Species for Behavioural Ecotoxicology

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